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These scientists got sued for doing their job
Science and the law come in to conflict more often than you might think. In this episode I want to tell you about several cases that I have followed …
2 years, 2 months ago
A particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, and other science news of the week
In this episode we have an experiment that wants to measure nothing, a particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, a nucleus the shape of a dumbbell…
2 years, 3 months ago
Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.
Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about the leading theories for why Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI, cosmic rays with …
2 years, 3 months ago
All you need to know about Long COVID
Estimates say that as many as 1 in 10 people who had COVID were still affected more than 3 months later. This health condition has become known as lo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Is Science Dying?
Is science coming to an end? On the one hand, it seems like scientific progress has slowed to a crawl and no big breakthroughs are happening any more…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mars glows green, and other science news of the week
Today we’ll talk about why Mars glows green, an amazingly cool way to make magnets hover, a study which found that a supposed piece of alien tech isn…
2 years, 3 months ago
Net Zero will Be Virtually Impossible To Reach Without Carbon Removal
Everyone is talking about Net Zero. But Net Zero what? What does this even mean? Is it a reasonable goal? How far are we on the way? And do we have a…
2 years, 3 months ago
New Data Spells Trouble for Dark Matter's Biggest Competitor
Today we have an update on the biggest astrophysics drama of the year, that’s an observation which seems to be ruling out the most popular alternativ…
2 years, 3 months ago
The lost continent of Argoland has been found -- And other science news of the week
This week we have new evidence that the dinosaurs were killed by the aftermath of an asteroid impact, then we have a look at the biggest universe sim…
2 years, 4 months ago
Science News Nov 01: The sun's magnetic field will flip earlier than expected
Science never rests and this week we have quite a selection of news. It looks like the sun’s magnetic field will flip earlier than expected, the moon…
2 years, 4 months ago